argand lamp
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of oil lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Argand lamp.
Example Sentences
- "Never was a more lovely thought than that of the astral lamp. I mean, of course, the astral lamp proper, and do not wish to be misunderstood — the lamp of Argand with its original plain ground-glass shade, and its tempered and uniform moonlight rays."
- "It is probable that Loutherbourg used Argand lamps to achieve his startling effects of meteorology in the Eidophusikon in the mid 1780s."
- "[…] and Emily arrived in inglorious safety among the argand lamps and rosewood tables in Mr. Delawarr's drawing-room […]"